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They are LOUD, even with the mickey mouse ears.

Hell, I was stationed there in 76, HMH462, CH-53D. Lets do the Po.

Ahhh, that brings back memories. HMH462, around 1976, Operation Eagle Pull. Our birds were parked on deck. The grunts would PT up and down the deck, in formation. I looked at my bud and say, 'You know what would be cool, go down and change the position of the tie down chains each time they pass."

Parked on the deck of a LPH. The grunts would PT, in formation up and down the deck. We were sitting on the birds watching. "You know what would be cool? Change the positions of the tie down chains after each time they ran by."

Stationed at NAS Alameda. Myself and one other corporal were going to learn how to do externals from the ground. We were to attach these large cement blocks to a 53. Gunny was going to show us how. The 3 of us were standing there as the 53 got into position. The gunny turned around and just looke...

Want another unofficial story? I was stationed at Alameda, reserve squadron of 6 CH-53A. I was aircrew, Crew Chief. The reserve pilots would come out on the week ends and poke holes in the sky, 2 hours at a time.

We were about 5 - 6 miles out over the ocean, off the Frisco coast. The damn pilot d...

This is so true - yet frustrating. To corporate = $ is the bottom line.

I was a graphic artist in a team of 5 illustrators.

We developed a product called a VFI.

It was an intrAnet based application showing location of consumable components.

Static isometric images with highlighted component locat...